BlackBerry Tour OS 4.7.1.53 available now from Verizon Wireless

If you didn’t catch the leaked version of 4.7.1.53 that appeared yesterday for the BlackBerry Tour, you’ll be pleased as punch to know that Verizon has officially kicked off the first software maintenance release for the device. The version which we told you about does fix and improve many different aspects of the operating system, yet it’s still not quite perfect. Here’s an official list or change log we put together:

Has anyone had an issue with Vista 64 not allowing BB Desktop to run the update?

david

What ever happened to the new Apple version to the desktop manager?

Shanti

Dang, you’d think RIM would’ve bundled in Opera Mini 5 browser and put Blackberry users out of their misery with that embarrassing default browser on their phones.

Oh well, only 30 seconds to download Opera Mini anyway from GetJar.

TedP

Did the upgrade with the leaked Mac BBDM. Worked flawlessly. Sound quality on Tour is improved. Double win!

erik

just installed. where the f*ck are all my apps?

AHSeattle

Is Verizon also offering this as an OTA upgrade?

Jesus

Ummm… That change log does not seem to be worth the OS upgrade.

Tony

Too bad the BB Browser is a vast improvement over Opera Mini. Shit, I haven’t used Opera Mini since I got my Tour.

JB

You can also update OTA by going to “options” “advanced options” “wireless update”. Select new build and your done.

Dan

BB Desktop Manager shows no updates. I have VZW Tour 9630. Same holds true for the OTA update from the device. Options|Advanced Options|Wireless Update. It shows current version as 4.7.1.40 and no update available.